Sarotherodon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cichliformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Cichlomorphae Ordo: Cichliformes

Familia: Cichlidae
Subfamilia: Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribus: Oreochromini
Genus: Sarotherodon
Species (13): S. caroli – S. caudomarginatus – S. galilaeus – S. knauerae – S. lamprechti – S. linnellii – S. lohbergeri – S. melanotheron – S. mvogoi – S. nigripinnis – S. occidentalis – S. steinbachi – S. tournieri

Name

Sarotherodon Rüppell, 1852: 21

• Type species: Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell, 1852
• Type by monotypy
• Gender: masculine
• Type species conserved and genus name placed on Official List (Opinion 1548)

References

• Neumann, D.; Stiassny, M.L.J.; Schliewen, U.K. 2011: Two new sympatric Sarotherodon species (Pisces: Cichlidae) endemic to Lake Ejagham, Cameroon, west-central Africa, with comments on the Sarotherodon galilaeus species complex. Zootaxa, 2765: 1–20. Preview
• Rüppell, W.P.E.S. 1852: Verzeichniss der in dem Museum der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft aufgestellten Sammlungen. Vierte Abtheilung. Fische und deren Skelette. Frankfurt-am-Main. Fische und deren Skelette: 1–40.
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1989: OPINION 1548 Sarotherodon melanotheron Rüppell, 1852 (Osteichthyes, Perciformes): specific name conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 46 (2): 152. ISSN: 0007-5167. BioStor
• Thys van den Audenaerde, D.F.E. 1969: An annotated bibliography of Tilapia (Pisces, Cichlidae). Documentation Zoologique / Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, No. 14: i-xl + 1-406. (Date of this reference is 1969 not 1968 per the authoritative Catalog of Fishes)

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus